ca. 1808 Head and bodice of Madame Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, later Princesse de Bénévent (née Noël-Catherine Verlée by Baron François Gérard (Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City, New York, USA)

SUBALBUM:Catherine Noele Grand, Madame Talleyrand

According to her Wikipedia article, she was born in India to Danish parents and had made her way to Paris, via Kolkata and London, where she was a courtesan. She was mistress to Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, marrying him in 1802 due to Napoléon's pressure on him.